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10:15 p.m. : “The world was able to see once again today how lies are all the words spoken at the highest level in Moscow. (…) They talked about a so-called ceasefire…but the reality is that Russian shells continued to hit Bakhmout and other Ukrainian positions.”
22h14 : @Kat Absolutely, and that was precisely the subject of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s daily video message.
22h13 : The time for the end of the pseudo cease-fire has come, hasn’t it?
22h13 : Caution, the Spiegel rightly distinguishes between direct aid from one country to another and that paid within the framework of the EU (where the larger countries contribute more, according to their population). The latter represents two-thirds of French aid (with a ladle) and explains the difference in figure between the 0.05% of French GDP I was telling you about earlier and your figure.
22h09 : #Ukraine @Mourmelon Good evening Pierre, Sorry, I’m bothering you again with German! I regularly watch the Tagesspiegel newsblog, which is very well done with the lists of helpers in particular. They are obviously based on the Kiehl Institute that you quoted, but their data seems to me different from yours: – In terms of share of GDP, aid from France to Ukraine ranks 23rd with 0.15%, Latvia being in the lead with effectively 1.1% of its GDP. – In absolute figures, France is the fourth donor country in the world after the USA, Germany and the United Kingdom. This shows that France is a rich country and that given its wealth, its commitment is not exceptional. – Moreover, the list of aid to Ukraine per capita confirms this fact. France is in 19th place, the 1st being held by Norway, followed by an alternation between Baltic countries and the three leading countries in absolute figures (USA, UK, Germany). Obviously, that does not answer the question of the choice to favor aid to Ukraine in the form of assault weapons and much less in the form of means of defence. Personally, I am frightened by the indifference that is setting in with regard to the tens of thousands of deaths by weapons of war.
9:02 p.m : The UK will host a meeting of justice ministers in March to discuss ways to support the International Criminal Court’s investigation into alleged war crimes in Ukraine, the UK government says. “Russian forces must know that they cannot act with impunity and that we will support Ukraine until justice is served”insists British Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab.
20h30 : @Mourmelon So the support from France, around 1.4 billion euros, represents 0.05% of French GDP, a substantial effort, certainly, but much lower than that of Estonia, Latvia or Poland, where we are close to the percentage point of GDP, according to calculations by the Kiel Institute. So it’s still playable to adapt credit allocations at the margin. Parliament was consulted on a motion to support Ukraine, but not on the aid granted. On the other hand, in the European Parliament, this has been the case.
20h26 : Good evening FI. I repeat my question. Where does the financing of the aid that France grants to Ukraine come from? For months, we have been told that the debt is exploding. But we help this country at war with billions. Does the parliament have a right of scrutiny insofar as this money comes, I suppose, from taxpayers’ money? Could you give us an update on this aid, and in particular the origin of the funds? Thank you and good evening!
20h14 : Three weeks before the start of the war in Ukraine, the fortune of the Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich had been transferred to his children in offshore trusts established in tax havens. This allowed the billionaire not to be impacted by the freezing of the assets of Russian nationals decided when Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, explains the Guardian.
14h58 : Total aid (financial, humanitarian and military) from France to Ukraine is currently estimated at 1.4 billion euros by the Kiel Institute (in English), which represents approximately 0.05% of its GDP. Far from Estonia, first in this relative ranking, which has spent the equivalent of one hundredth of its GDP.
14h55 : Hello, if the government repeats that France “do not have to be ashamed” vis-à-vis its aid to Ukraine, these figures remain quite complicated to establish because, as we explained in this article, Paris wants to keep part of its military support for kyiv secret. What is certain is that it was the United States that spent the most to arm and support Ukraine, in particular with the vote for aid amounting to 45 billion dollars in mid-December.
14h54 : Hello, you frequently talk about releasing millions, even billions of euros to help Ukraine. Can you say how much money France has released since the beginning of the conflict and if so what is the percentage relationship with our national budget? Thanks.
14h21 : All eyes are on the dam of the Vakhova hydroelectric power station (east of the country), which the Russian army may want to blow up in order to slow down the Ukrainian troops, alerted the National Resistance Center, a body of the Ukrainian government .
14h00 : 2 p.m. on my watch, let’s get to the point on the news:
Didier Deschamps is extended as coach of the France team until 2026, the year of the next World Cup. A choice that is not really a surprise.
President Volodymyr Zelensky warmly thanked the United States after the release of new military aid of 3 billion dollars. Follow our live.
: Republican Kevin McCarthy finally becomes Speaker of the House of Representatives, at the cost of concessions to the conservative wing of his party.
Pensions, employment, nuclear power, future of Nupes… The three candidates for the post of first secretary of the Socialist Party debated yesterday evening for nearly two hours. Find in full the exchanges between Olivier Faure, Hélène Geoffroy and Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol.
13h31 : The Russian army ensures that it will continue to observe until this evening, midnight (9 p.m. Paris time), the unilateral “ceasefire” decreed by Vladimir Putin on the occasion of Orthodox Christmas, despite artillery fire attributed to the Ukrainian side.
12h12 : A few minutes past noon, it is high time to take stock of the news:
Didier Deschamps is extended as coach of the France team until 2026, the year of the next World Cup.
: Republican Kevin McCarthy finally becomes Speaker of the House of Representatives, at the cost of concessions to the conservative wing of his party.
President Volodymyr Zelensky warmly thanked the United States after the release of new military aid of 3 billion dollars. Follow our live.
Pensions, employment, nuclear power, future of Nupes… The three candidates for the post of first secretary of the Socialist Party debated yesterday evening for nearly two hours. Find in full the exchanges between Olivier Faure, Hélène Geoffroy and Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol.
11h18 : This truce decreed unilaterally by the Kremlin is not respected, as confirmed by our journalist Omar Ouahmane in this report in kyiv. Something to darken the Christmas holidays, widely celebrated by Ukrainian Orthodox Christians.
11h13 : While a ceasefire is officially underway in Ukraine at the request of the Kremlin, Russian President Vladimir Putin gathered alone in Moscow for the Orthodox Christmas party. A first since 2001.
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11:16 a.m. : We know more about the weapons that the United States will supply to Ukraine. The US Department of Defense yesterday released a list of military equipment destined for kyiv. There are 50 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, 500 anti-tank missiles, 100 M113 armored personnel carriers and 10,000 120 mm caliber mortar shells. An impressive arsenal, the value of which is estimated at 3 billion dollars.
11:16 a.m. : Despite the 36-hour truce announced by Vladimir Putin, the fighting continues “at their usual level”, report the British intelligence services. “One of the most fiercely disputed areas is in the Lugansk oblast, in Kremmina”, specifies the British Ministry of Defense in its report of the day on Twitter.